Murder, She Said

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Murder, She Said

1961

1h 26m

Comedy

Crime

Drama

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When aging sleuth Miss Marple (Margaret Rutherford) witnesses a murder through the window of her passing train car, she alerts the authorities. Unfortunately, the police are hesitant to take the word of an old lady in lieu of an actual body. Taking matters into her own hands, Marple gets a job as a maid at Ackenthorpe Hall, where she believes the murder took place. There, she must match wits with blowhard Luther Ackenthorpe (James Robertson Justice) if she wants to solve the mystery.

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Almar Haflidason

BBC.com

Rated: 4/5

Jan 1, 2000

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Penelope Gilliatt

Observer (UK)

Directed by George Pollock, who has included some beautiful severe photography of drab autumn country, Murder She Said is an adroit Agatha Christie thriller oddly like a thirties pastiche.

Mar 6, 2024

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Wesley Lovell

Cinema Sight

at least the opening salvo is worth the time of any murder mystery fan who likes the way Christie weaves stories, even when they are altered in many ways for the visual medium.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 10, 2023

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Dennis Schwartz

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Rutherford is a treat.

Rated: B

Jun 17, 2023

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

Murder She Said does have a reasonably lively style, thanks partly to Pollock's direction but largely to Rutherford's persistence....

Rated: 7/10

Mar 8, 2006

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Daniel Eagan

Film Journal International

Smart adaptation of an Agatha Christie novel

Rated: 3/5

Sep 13, 2005

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john k

Brilliant acting and great plot makes this movie a proper classic 👍👍

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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joe m

A great old murder-whodunnit based on Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, "Murder, She Said" is just flat out engaging, suspenseful and fun! The movie is completely carried by Dame Margaret Rutherford who gives a tour de force performance as the elderly sleuth who is supported by a cadre of outstanding British actors - the best being James Robert Justice as the crusty old patriarch of a manor house full of murder. There are three others of these Miss Marple films starring Rutherford and I can't wait to watch the rest!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Of the four Agatha Christie movies starring wonderful Margaret Rutherford, Ronnie Raymond, Thorley Walters, James Robertson Justice, this is the best, my absolute favorite.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Frances H

These old Agatha Christie Miss Marple movies with Margaret Rutherford were a sheer delight, always tongue-in-cheek and so cute. This one had another future Miss Marple in the other domestic, played by Joan Hickson, who played Miss Marple for years in a BBC series shown here in the States on Mystery on PBS. But Hickson was such a dry old stick compared to Rutherford and later Geraldine McEwen.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/22/20

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s r

Nothing to write home about, but it had its entertaining little English quirks.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Rutherford is fabulous and the presence of the ever woofy James Robertson Justice certainly helps.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Synopsis

When aging sleuth Miss Marple (Margaret Rutherford) witnesses a murder through the window of her passing train car, she alerts the authorities. Unfortunately, the police are hesitant to take the word of an old lady in lieu of an actual body. Taking matters into her own hands, Marple gets a job as a maid at Ackenthorpe Hall, where she believes the murder took place. There, she must match wits with blowhard Luther Ackenthorpe (James Robertson Justice) if she wants to solve the mystery.

Director: George Pollock
Producer: George H. Brown
Screenwriter: Agatha Christie, David D. Osborn, David Pursall, Jack Seddon
Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 18, 2016
Runtime: 1h 26m

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